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INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Health Institutions
CONT

Patients who require legislatively sanctioned involuntary admission are depicted as merely eccentric individuals who are "prisoners" "drugged into submission".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Établissements de santé
OBS

Situation où le malade est placé involontairement dans un hôpital psychiatrique, soit par sa famille (cas désigné en France par "placement volontaire"), soit par un moyen administratif ou juridique (cas désigné en France par "placement d'office ou administratif") (Voir EMPSY 1981, vol. 6, fasc. 37901A10, p. 2).

OBS

Source du terme "institutionnalisation involontaire" : Association canadienne pour la santé mentale.

Spanish

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